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Nasdaq said Thursday that a preliminary internal review of the technology glitches that halted trades on Aug. 22 found "a combined series of technology events" — some clearly within Nasdaq's control and some not.
In a statement, Nasdaq said that the exchange regrets the tech problems within the Securities Information Processor (SIP) for Nasdaq stocks, adding that the exchange intends to "take all steps necessary to address them to enhance stability and functionality of the markets."
However, other issues contributing to the halt, Nasdaq said, "are more endemic to technology issues across today's complex markets and will require a broader industrywide effort to resolve."
The preliminary findings showed trading halted on Aug. 22 after "the SIP could not process quotes thereby impacting the fair and orderly functioning of the public market." The catalyst for the SIP failure, Nasdaq said, "was a confluence of unprecedented events that overwhelmed the processing capacity of the SIP," with high frequency trading not playing a role in the technology events.
"As with any technology system, the SIP has finite capacity," Nasdaq said. A "confluence" of events "vastly exceeded the SIP's planned capacity, which caused its failure and then revealed a latent flaw in the SIP's software code," Nasdaq said.
"On the morning of August 22… a sequence of events combined to create an unprecedented volume of message traffic into the SIP; well beyond the system's tested capacity of 10,000 messages per-port, per second."
Nasdaq said that it is identifying "potential design changes to further strengthen the SIP's resiliency, including architectural improvements, information security, disaster recovery plans and capacity parameters." Nasdaq expects to present its "initial recommendations related to these changes to the SIP governing committee within 30 days."
Nasdaq said that it is also undertaking a comprehensive review of the policies and procedures for communicating with customers, market participants and the broader public during marketwide events. "We are committed to reviewing and improving our communications practices with all stakeholders."
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Mary Jo White said the same day as the halt that while the technical glitch that paralyzed trading on the tech-heavy Nasdaq for hours was "resolved before the end of the day," the incident was "serious."
White has vowed new trading rule will be put in place, and said that the malfunction should "reinforce our collective commitment to addressing technological vulnerabilities of exchanges and other market participants."
She plans to meet at SEC headquarters in Washington on Sept. 12 with leaders of the exchanges and other self-regulators to address "the market data dissemination system involved in last week's halt as well as other critical market systems and infrastructure issues."
Check out SEC's White Sets Sept. 12 Meeting With Exchanges on Nasdaq Glitch on ThinkAdvisor.


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My question is simple - "In application with lots of data, I am unable to click on the treeview child item". Kindly read detail explanation:
I am creating a function to simulate a treeview control in another process. So far I have succeded in
1.Getting handle of Tree view control handle of another process using Hooking technique.
2.Getting handle of root and other item of treeview.
For Eg: Now I need to click on an child2 (Parent1->child1->child2).I checked in small sample application it worked well.Next I started to test using real application , in that application when parent1 is clicked only "Dummy items" appear. I know for performance, when treeview control is loaded for the first time Parent1 will contain "Dummyitems". After clicking/Expanding on parent1 it will fetch the data from DB and display its contents. But for me when I click the parent item programatically it only displays "dummyitems" for the first time,So I am unable to click on other items. Kindly help.

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Another great art book is on press, Kinuko Craft: Drawings and Paintings. Kinuko is, hands down, one of best in the business. The book displays covers, opera posters, fairy tales, and editorial work, with some of Kinuko's thoughts interspersed throughout. She is typically a very private person -- preferring to let the work speak for itself -- so this is a rare opportunity to hear her speak out a little. There are a number of sketches included, which I always enjoy seeing. I'm excited to see that there are a number of Tor covers displayed. It's very gratifying to see that the artists are proud of their work for us. The book will be out from Imaginosis in January.
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that looks like a nice one -
here's a question for you - do artists usually retain ownership of the artwork they create for book covers like this? i wonder how the copyright issues work.
- Irene Gallo said...
Hi Francis,
The artists usually retain both the copyright and the actual paintings. We buy those rights that we feel we need - the more rights we want, the more we pay.
For a book cover, we typically buy fairly limited rights. We don't care if artists want to make calendars, trading cards, prints, computer wall papers, etc. out of the cover art. But, if someone is working on, say, a corporate identity, then they would do a complete rights buy-out. Because the artist can no longer earn money off that image, they can charge a lot more for that. A friend of mine, Mark Summers, did the stagecoach logo for the bank Wells Fargo. They are a client that probably did not want their logo used in any other context, so it's likely that they bought all the rights to that image.
As for the actual painting...there aren't many clients that buy the actual painting but a few do. I know that Time Magazine and the US Postal service does. If anyone buys the painting, say at this auction, that does _not_ transfer the copyright to the buyer. They only own the physical object, not it's usage.
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Every investor seeks a way to get a little bit of an edge.
So many pundits and self-proclaimed investment gurus have tried to fill the void. So much TV time is devoted to offering that advice. Just think of CNBC with Jim Cramer's "Mad Money" and other shows that parse the markets.
But exactly whom do the big boys turn to when they need some guidance? We decided to take a look at what books investment gurus like to read. We started with Warren Buffett. In the next Best Books slideshow, we'll look at the reading list put together by Vanguard founder John Bogle.
The books on the list are a mix of offerings Buffett mentioned in a letter he wrote that accompanied Berkshire Hathaway's annual report–it even includes a look at the "Oracle of Omaha" himself–and the rest were part of list called "Warren Buffett's Three Favorite Books."
We've included Amazon.com's reader ratings and a reader comment for each book. Check out Buffett's 7 Best Books for Investors: 2013:
1. "The Outsiders"
The Tale: William Thorndike Jr.'s look at CEOs who got high marks for capital allocation.
Amazon Rating: 80 of 95 give it 5 stars, zero give it 1
Cogent Customer Quote: "Thorndike explores one of the 'mysteries' as to why some businesses, with good, but not necessarily outstanding operational performance have been able to create outsized shareholder returns over time." – Eric E. Chen
2. "Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything"
The Tale: Buffett helps a friend (Carol J. Loomis, the author) who published this collection of her Fortune magazine articles written throughout the career of the "Oracle of Omaha."
Amazon Rating: 49 of 101 give it 5 stars, 5 give it 1
Cogent Customer Quote: "The book provides an interesting timeline of articles chronicling Buffett's deals. In the earlier days you could see his notoriety wasn't present yet. Even though most Buffett followers will recognize most of the article topics, it is still interesting to read the in-depth reporting and general public thoughts of each deal at that time in history." – Randy.
3. "The Clash of Cultures: Investment vs. Speculation"
The Tale: John Bogle on shifts in long-term investing and what caused them.
Amazon Rating: 38 of 51 give it 5 stars, zero give it 1
Cogent Customer Quote: "Great expose on the world of finance, where less than 1% of investment funds are actually invested in companies, while 99% is spent gambling on whether the securities/markets go up or down. He shows that long-term investing in index funds will provide greater investor returns than speculation." – Robert Olson.
4. "Investing Between the Lines: How to Make Smarter Decisions By Decoding CEO Communications"
The Tale: Laura Rittenhouse helps investors make sense of all the management speak coming from corporations.
Amazon Rating: 16 of 23 give it 5 stars; 2 give it 1
Cogent Customer Quote: "One of the toughest jobs an investor has is deciphering what a company says in the many venues it presents itself. This book does an excellent job of helping you understand what to look for and what it may or may not mean." – R. Buhrmann
5. "Intelligent Investor"
The Tale: Benjamin Graham's 1949 book focused on his strategy of loss minimization over profit maximization. Buffett wrote a preface and appendix to the 2006 edition
Amazon Rating: 271 of 418 give it 5 stars; 10 give it 1
Cogent Customer Quote: "Graham's writing is clear, concise and levelheaded. He warns against unreasonable financial expectations and proceeds to explain his theories in sufficient detail to be worthwhile, without being over the comprehension of the layman interested in investing." – Mingus 500.
6. "Security Analysis"
The Tale: Benjamin Graham makes the list again with his 1934 book on how to make investing safe. Readers were eager for such wisdom in the years following the 1929 market crash. Buffett penned the foreword to the 2008 edition.
Amazon Rating: 48 of 70 give it 5 stars; 2 give it 1
Cogent Customer Quote: "Security Analysis is a definitive and clear guide to understanding value investing, and conducting thorough fundamental analysis on a stock of your choice, allowing for an informed investment decision." – Alex Vayner.
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The Tale: Adam Smith's 1776 tome is considered the fundamental look at classical economics. Perhaps the full title of the book says it all: "An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations." Many Amazon readers noted that it was important to be careful when choosing an edition of this book because some are condensed.
Amazon Rating: 150 of 271 give it 5 stars; 22 give it 1
Cogent Customer Quote: "If you have any interest at all in Economics, you'll want to go to the source. This is the source. Adam Smith lays the groundwork for the study of Economics in this very readable treatise." – Lauren in Tokyo.
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United now stand nine points behind fourth-placed Liverpool following their latest disappointing result - a 2-2 home draw against Fulham.
Moyes never thought replacing Sir Alex Ferguson would be easy, but when asked whether he ever thought it could have gone as badly as this, the former Everton boss replied with a very frank: "No, probably not."
United have now dropped 18 points at home this season, and with away defeats to Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea and Stoke, bookmakers have the Red Devils down as 6-1 outsiders to make the top four.
Those same bookmakers were offering odds of 23-1 on Fulham to beat Moyes' side before Sunday's match.
Fulham were rock bottom of the Barclays Premier League with the worst defensive record in division.
Five days earlier they were knocked out of the FA Cup by Sheffield United, who are in the League One relegation zone.
But the Cottagers took just 19 minutes to open the scoring and they then survived an onslaught from United to eventually come away with a 2-2 draw thanks to Darren Bent's 94th-minute equaliser.
United flung a record 81 crosses into the Fulham box, but with 6ft 7in centre-back Dan Burn in the away side, visiting head coach Rene Meulensteen said his team were well prepared for everything the hosts threw at them.
"When I saw Manchester United today I thought the game-plan was quite straight forward - get it wide, get it in," said Meulensteen, who walked away from Old Trafford last summer following a long spell among Ferguson's backroom staff..
"If you're well organised and the goalkeeper is in good positions to come and collect the ball it can be easy [to defend against].
"You need a little bit of creativity and a bit of variety at times to open [teams] up.
"It was partly straight forward.
"We know that we had to be more compact and tight in wide areas because United would cross the ball a lot."
Moyes defended his decision to pump so many balls into the box even though it was clear that the tactic was not working.
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One of the big things about Manchester United is that they do play with width, they do cross the ball, its in their genes here," the Scot said.
There was a downbeat answer from Moyes when he was asked whether his team could finish in the top four.
"We will do our best," Moyes said.
"We have a good team and there will be very few teams desperate to play Manchester United, that's for sure."
It is hard to believe that Arsenal, who face United on Wednesday, will share Moyes' point of view after this latest underwhelming display from the champions.
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Discussion in 'Photos' started by bburnette21, Sep 11, 2010.
I aint seen a thread like this on here so lets see you BLACK AND WHITE MOTORCYCLE Pictures
Awesome Picture I think this thread could be great. I will try to find some pictures
I hope this is still within the spirit of the thread, it's not an old photo but I did make it in black and white... Mine is the GS and I like this photo because it makes it seem like there is ice over the area when in fact it is dew.
old scan of my old zx7r taken with Kodak T-max B&W film:
These are all pretty marginal scans of quite nice prints.
1950 BSA B33. The scan is terrible, but the actual print is great.
BSA Gold Star
Taken near Kalavryta, Greece
Black N White doesn't mean an old picture, does it?
These are pics of my bike, a Bajaj Pulsar 200. Taken with my Canon 450D/Kiss X2...
I like the picture angle! great shot!
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Did this when I was a photo lab aid at the University years ago.
Sadly, I just crashed the poor ol Beemer last Fall.
Lovely photos, all! Thanks for sharing, Mark H.


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Is network news being killed by cable?
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Larry Gross Professor and director, University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication The serious cutbacks in staffing (especially at foreign bureaus), the steady incursion of entertainment-skewed soft news (often transparently promoting parent-company product), and increasing competition from local affiliates were already undermining the authority of network news. Daily scheduled media – whether broadcast or print – have yet to figure out how to compete in a 24/7 cable and Internet news world. Unfortunately, they have opted for joining rather than fighting the race to the bottom.
Heather Havrilesky TV critic, Salon The fact that Jon Stewart may be the most trusted anchorman on TV says a lot. I think people are less concerned with objectivity and more focused on getting their news from someone who appears to share their point of view. I remember seeing ABC anchor Frank Reynolds as this benevolent, objective father figure who made the worst news easier to bear. The network anchors not only don't have that kind of warmth or charisma today, but the format feels stodgy and outdated compared with the immediacy and spontaneity of cable news.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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School shoes lose traction as best option for kids' feet
10 April 2012
Parents spend a lot of time and money picking out the perfect school shoes for their children, but a University of Sydney study is questioning whether the traditional solid, sturdy shoe is the best choice.
Faculty of Health Sciences PhD candidate Caleb Wegener is today presenting preliminary results from his research into how school shoes affect children's gait for the International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics (i-FAB) Conference at the University of Sydney.
Caleb and his team used 3D camera motion analysis technology to break down children's gait and investigate foot and ankle motion while running both in school shoes and bare feet.
He found that school shoes alter a number of variables in a child's gait that may have implications for their foot development.
"While further research is needed to show exactly how these changes in gait affect children's long term development, our main finding was that when children wear school shoes there is a reduction in motion within the foot that is compensated by the ankle," says Caleb.
"One of the things the shoes do at the ankle joint is increase how much the foot rolls in, which has been linked to injury in some people.
"The reduction in motion of the joints within the foot means the calf has to work a lot harder during propulsion, which potentially has injury implications for overuse of the calf and Achilles tendon," he says.
Children wearing school shoes also have a longer stride length, walk faster and have a wider base of gait, indicating that they might be looking for more stability.
"It's clear that we need to make some changes to school shoes. Shoes are important for protection and comfort, but shoe design doesn't always complement the function of the foot. We need to do comparative studies between traditional shoes and shoes that complement the natural movement of the foot," says Caleb, who is currently working on a new prototype school shoe.
In a separate study which will also be presented at i-FAB, Caleb looked at how children's sport shoes affect their balance, running agility and standing long jump. He found that there was no significant change between sports shoes and bare feet in running agility or balance, and only a slight improvement in standing long jump.
"In some ways sports shoes and school shoes are fairly similar, although there are some differences. There are enormous differences between going barefoot and wearing shoes, but the differences between shoes are much smaller, as they affect your foot in a similar way," says Caleb.
About i-FAB2012
The third international foot and ankle biomechanics congress (i-FAB2012) is hosted by Associate Professor Joshua Burns from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Health Sciences in collaboration with the International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics community, and runs from 11 to 13 April.
The program covers both basic and clinical aspects of foot and ankle biomechanics from the perspectives of podiatrists, physiotherapists, orthopaedic surgeons, biomedical engineers, athletic trainers, biomechanists and other allied health professionals. i-FAB2012 has attracted almost 300 speakers and delegates from 22 countries, who will present four workshops, six keynote and invited addresses, 55 podium papers and 33 posters over the three days.
According to Associate Professor Burns, "The i-FAB community is driven by the desire to improve our understanding of foot and ankle biomechanics as it applies to health, disease and the community. i-FAB activities seek to enable more effective approaches to researching the foot and ankle, accelerating our ability to address the unique challenges the foot and ankle pose for biomechanical researchers, and foster seamless activities between researchers, clinicians and consumers. i-FAB has an open philosophy and connecting people across traditional disciplinary boundaries is one of its key objectives."
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Spring egg sandwich by Atwater's in Belvedere Square
Sandwich includes walnut & ramp pesto, goat cheese with preserved orange
Recipe calls for:
Walnut & Ramp Pesto with tarragon and parsley
Goat cheese with preserved orange
Fried eggs
Roasted asparagus
Sunflower flaxseed bread
Walnut & ramp pesto ingredients/directions (yields 2 cups):
1 cup walnuts, toasted
1 cup ramps, roasted with 3 Tbsp. olive oil, for 10 min. at 400 degrees
¼ cup parsley, chopped
¼ cup tarragon, chopped
-Pulse in a food processor until coarsely chopped.
Goat cheese with preserved orange ingredients/directions:
1 cup fresh goat cheese
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2 Tbsp olive oil
-Season with salt and pepper. Oven roast for 15 min. at 400 degrees.
Lightly toast 2 slices of Sunny-Flax bread. Spread one with the pesto and one with the goat cheese.
Fry 2 eggs, one for each side.
Top with asparagus.
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From time to time people tend to remember that they have minded BTC, LTC, DOGE or another of the earlier cryptocoins back in the day when they suddenly find an old wallet.dat file and then the problem with recovering the private keys and the coins in the wallet arises, we often get questions on how to do that. The easiest way would of course be to just copy the wallet.dat file in a new installation of Bitcoin Core or the respective local wallet and wait for the blockchain to sync in order to have access to any coins stored in the wallet. Int he case of Bitcoin however this is a slow process requiring you to download 150 GB of data (the whole blockchain), so alternative ways are being looked into and there are some that can be easier. One such way is to use the PyWallet Bitcoin wallet importer/exporter Python script that has been available for ages and that works great for giving you all your public and private keys from a wallet.dat file.
PyWallet however is a Python script that does require you to have Python installed and it requires an older version 2.7, so it will not work with the latest 3.x releases as there are changes that will prevent you from running the script. We are going to go through a short guide on how you can export your public/private keys from a wallet.dat under Windows here, the procedure for Linux is very similar as well. So you need to download and install Python 2.7 first, this is a Windows package of Python, there are no other dependencies to run the script under Windows. Then you need to install it in an easy folder like
C:Python27 for example, copy the pywallet.py script and the wallet.dat files in the same folder and then run the following command:
python pywallet.py --dumpwallet --datadir=.
If you have used the wallet for mining you may have more than just a few addresses inside, so you can use the below code to save the output into a wallet.txt file for easy use instead of just outputting it in the console window:
python pywallet.py --dumpwallet --datadir=. > wallet.txt
Just open up the text file and you will see a list of exported public keys (addresses) and private keys that were inside the wallet.dat wallet file. If you had the wallet encrypted you will also need to provide the password you used fr the encryption in order fro the data to be decrypted first. If you do not remember that password you have used to encrypt the wallet.dat file, well that would be a serious problem as recovering any coins inside the wallet has just become much harder that you though it could be.
You can use any block explorer for the respective coin to check if it has any balance inside by pasting your address (public key), so that you can be sure if there are coins or not in an address. If there are you can then just import the public/private key in a new wallet and then do whatever you want with the coins inside. Importing the key pair can vary depending on the wallet you choose to use, so check what is the procedure and make sure that you can import a wallet using the public and private key(s) you have just obtained using the PyWallet script.
There is also a more up to date fork of PyWallet available as well that offers some useful additional features, so you may also check it out if the original one does not do what you want it to, although the original one is perfectly fine for recovering the keys.


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i just read the definition for the huffman coding algortihm and it says
i'm not quiet sure on this algorithm. i want to know if this is correct. it's pseudo-pseudo-code. (i hope you like it )Code:Definition: A minimal variable-length character coding based on the frequency of each character. First, each character becomes a trivial binary tree, with the character as the only node. The character's frequency is the tree's frequency. Two trees with the least frequencies are joined as the subtrees of a new root that is assigned the sum of their frequencies. This is repeated until all characters are in one tree. One code bit represents each level. Thus more frequent characters are near the root and are coded with few bits, and rare characters are far from the root and are coded with many bits.
say i had a file that only consisted of the letters "abcde":
for reference:Code:beeaacdbbbcccca
x : occurs
a : 3
b : 4
c : 5
d : 1
e : 2
i have already created 5 binary trees named a,b,c,d and e.
the nodes are struct{ int frequency, int character; }.
i make a new tree named "de" because those are the least frequent characters.
de.freq = e.freq + d.freq;
Actually, I'll stop here for now. Do i have the right idea so far?
If so, do i now make an "ade" tree since d+e = 3 and a = 3 are still the lowest frequencies... or do i make an "ab" tree?


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Due to the new advancements Google has made in their Analytics API (Datasource) functionality, the API changed slightly and the code that Felix Geisendorfer had created to work with a CakePHP install wasn't working anymore. He's corrected the problem with this new post with the new code and an example of its use.
In a very productive CakePHP session with nate a couple weeks ago in Atlanta I finally implemented some new HttpSocket stuff that was needed (minimal support for cookies / ssl) for creating the new API as a datasource. Now that its done I'm fairly happy with the outcome of the new API.
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To shoot this week's TIME cover story about animal friendships — which you can read here — photographer Catherine Ledner called on years of experience of hanging out with cute critters, including her work on two books of animal photography, Animal House and Glamour Dogs. But this shoot offered something new, even for the animal pro. Most of Ledner's work involves pictures of singular animals, while TIME's portfolio features animal pairs. "I had to make sure that the dogs that were coming were actually friends," she says.
With that criterion in place, Ledner found that shooting pairs of animals was no more difficult than shooting them one at a time. Like human models, the animals brought their own personalities to the set and Ledner was able to capture the interplay of those forces. Also like human models, the animals brought entourages (a.k.a. trainers) who kept the stars focused on the task at hand—and who conveniently stepped aside when Ledner wanted to let her subjects off the leash, so to speak.
But unlike human models, the animal managed to make the group shots look effortless. "If you're shooting a group of people, you have an agenda of who you want looking in the lens and who you don't," Ledner says. "To get everyone to look good at one time is harder than it is, I think, when you have a bunch of animals."
Which is not to say that the photographer's sessions with her animal models were all fun and games. Ledner—who owns three dogs, two cats and four rabbits, but does not frequently photograph her own pets—says that animal photography requires putting cuddliness aside. While people may get relaxed and happy with background music and a festive mood, quiet is important to help a dog (or a bird or a rabbit, as the case may be) maintain his concentration. Luckily, almost all of the animals that participated in TIME's cover shoot were seasoned professionals. One dog named Billy had sat for Ledner twice in the past. The only non-professional at the session was the rabbit, who was, in fact, a real friend of Billy's. "The rabbit was so docile. It would let the dog put its head smack dab on top of it. There was just total trust between these animals," says Ledner. And the photographer was hardly upset about shooting an amateur model: "The bunny's only six weeks old—and how can you be a pro bunny?"
Catherine Ledner is an American photographer based in California and author of two books: Animal House and Glamour Dogs. See more here.
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Bi-Rite Market's BLT&E with Harissa Mayo
As always with our Cook the Book feature, we have five (5) copies of Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food to give away this week.
Eggs and bacon are an unbeatable combo much like bacon, lettuce, and tomato. So what happens when you join the two? Very good things. This BLT&E with Harissa Mayo, a work of sandwich genius from Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food does just that by topping an already exemplary BLT with a perfectly runny poached egg.
But wait, it gets better. Instead of spreading your sandwich with plain old mayo, this one gets a boost from harissa, that spicy-sweet red pepper paste hailing from North Africa. And there's no room for boring iceberg or romaine in this sandwich. Bitter radicchio or frisée take its place, dressed with punchy cider vinegar, shallots, and olive oil.
Why you should make this: This sandwich might not be your workaday BLT but in our estimation it's a billion times more thrilling.
Next time we might think about: Taking Bi-Rite's suggestion of mixing the mayo with a few teaspoons of Thai curry paste for an even more exotic take on the classic.
Adapted from Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food by Sam Mogannam and Dabney Gough. Copyright © 2011. Published by Ten Speed Press. Available wherever books are sold. All Rights Reserved.
- Yield:Serves 2Â
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:30 minutes
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon harissa (see Note)
- 4 slices bacon
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon cider vinegar
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup lightly packed frisee or shredded radicchio, or a mixture
- 1 teaspoon minced shallot
- 1/2 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Four 1/2-inch slices good-quality sandwich bread, such as pain de mie
- 1 small ripe tomato, thinly sliced
Combine the mayonnaise and harissa in a small bowl and stir until blended. Set aside.
Cut the bacon in half crosswise, arrange in a medium skillet, and put the skillet over medium heat. Cook, turning the bacon frequently, until cooked through and crispy but still a little chewy, about 8 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel–lined plate and set aside.
Bring about 4 cups of water to a boil in a small saucepan. Lower the heat to a bare simmer and add 1 tablespoon of the vinegar. Crack an egg into a small cup or ramekin and, holding the cup just above the surface of the water, carefully pour the egg into the water. Repeat with the second egg. Cook the eggs until the whites have cooked through but the yolk is still runny, 2 to 3 minutes. (To check, carefully lift an egg out of the water with a slotted spoon. Prod the white—it should feel firm and bouncy all the way through.) With a slotted spoon, transfer the eggs to another paper towel–lined plate.
In a small bowl, combine the frisee or radicchio, the remaining 1 teaspoon vinegar, the shallot, and the olive oil. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and pepper and toss to blend.
Toast or grill the bread to your liking, then spread the mayo evenly over two pieces. Top with the bacon, tomato, frisee, and egg. Sprinkle the egg with a little salt and pepper, then top with the other two pieces of bread.
Serve right away (with plenty of napkins).
Note: Harissa is a chile-and-spice paste that hails from North Africa. For a slightly different effect, you could substitute a mild Thai curry paste or other Asian chile sauce.
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500 carpenters recreate Mumbai's Mahim for Vijay's film
As many as 500 carpenters worked hard to recreate Mumbai's busy Mahim area for actor Vijay's yet-to-be titled Tamil action-thriller.
"We will begin working on the second schedule of the film from this month. A Mahim area set was recently completed by 500 carpenters under the supervision of art director Nagaraj," director A.L. Vijay said in a statement.
The set was recreated in Mumbai itself as the crew could not shoot at the real location. The film features Vijay, Amala Paul, Sathyaraj and Ponvannan, alongside 1,000 junior artists.
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My entry for the Impulse Challenge.
Link to Flickr
Set contains 19 parts and 1 mini-figure.
nanuck95 wrote:My entry for the Impulse Challenge.
nanuck95 wrote:Set contains 19 parts and 1 mini-figure.
Ye Olde Republic wrote:Hmm, I think I count only 17 pieces. You've used one and a half flower sprues, which I'm pretty sure TLG counts as a single piece in their counts. Much like the knife and the coins. Who dares to do the research?
Blego7 wrote:Is that the minifig from the new Advent Calendar?
Blego7 wrote: Great job on the design on the back as well. Good luck.
Quickblade22 wrote:Here's my lil entry.
Wilsome Fire, the Fire eater.
This is based of a guy by the same name I saw last year at the Greater Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival
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Carter raves over Camp David play
For the premiere of the Arena Stage's "Camp David" on Thursday night, it was former President Jimmy Carter who received multiple standing ovations for what he called, "a really emotional experience."
The president, along with his wife, Rosalynn, were among those in the audience for the Washington theater's new production. The play focuses on the Carters, as well as Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and the 13-day negotiations during September 1978 that led to the Camp David Accords.
"It was amazingly good. I couldn't believe how good it was. The audience just was enraptured," Carter said in an interview Friday after he had seen the performance.
"A third or half of them had tears running down their cheeks. It was a really emotional experience," he said.
As Carter and his wife entered the theater on Thursday night, which was filled with more than 500 attendees for the sold-out show, the crowd stood to welcome them with applause. Those in attendance included House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell and Chris Matthews and CBS's Bob Schieffer. The widow of Anwar Sadat, Jehan Sadat, also attended.
Prior to the show, the former president attended a closed-press dinner at the Arena Stage, where he recounted his time negotiating with Sadat and Begin.
"Those 13 days were among the most dramatic of my life," Carter said.
"I think the most dramatic was when I asked Rosa to marry me in February of 1946 and she said no," Carter said to laughter.
He said that ahead of Thursday's performance he had not seen the play or read the script, but noted there is a message to take away from the production.
"The main lesson that will come from this play is that peace is possible," Carter said.
During the performance, Carter could be seen laughing along with the audience during the more comedic exchanges on stage.
The show ended with the conclusion that framework agreements would be signed. As the house lights came on, Carter and the rest of the audience gave the cast a standing ovation, before the applause was turned to the Carters once again, who eventually joined the cast on stage. Carter did not make public remarks at the play.
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This would be better...... cafe aperkalypse.....NOW
Yes, my curiosity got me!
I looked.
What NO Tea books? How very Un-British!
For your consideration:
Isaac Asimov
The Caves of Steel
Murder at the ABA
The Foundation Series
= = =
Robert L. Forward.
Dragon's Egg
Forward, has no photo or IMDb page however. There were a lot of interesting Authors and Books that I would have liked to include but they had no IMDb photo on file. What do you think about this poll having a chance at going live with say 10-15 choices with no photos?
Murder at the ABA
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The Caves of Steel appears to be under development as a film.
The Foundation Series appears to be under development for a television series.
Isaac Asimov's daughter, Robyn Asimov, is executive producer.
C.S. Lewis' The Magician's Nephew
Years before the Pevensies, young Digory Kirke and his friend Polly travel to other worlds and witness the birth of Narnia.
But no more. I still adore the novel, but the CGI-worshipping culture, Disney-type "let's play it safe, water it down" attitude, plus spineless producers who change everything according to polls or preview audiences, would ruin it beyond recognition. It would make an amazing film in the 1990's or even early 2000's, but today it would just become one of a thousand CGI-infested third rate stuff that you can't tell from one another.
That's exactly right. I'm almost afraid for some of my favorite stories (mostly fantasy) to be on the big screen now, unless they're foreign, because I can just see how Hollywood (preferably Disney) could ruin it and make it less profound.
Has no picture, and the one book is apparently optioned. (Writer, A Confederacy of Dunces (in development))
I considered him, but dropped him from inclusion after I found out the novel was in development as a film.
Good choice however.
Marcel Proust:
Some movies have been made but not a True one.
Example over long dissension:
By all means he IS eligible!
the original title is ''À la recherche du temps perdu''
Already adapted TWICE!!!!
Any others????
I need a short synopsis of the book too please.
You forgot the greatest author of all time (According to me).
What humility! According to a lot of people. : )
Btw, have you seen 'Little Miss Sunshine?'
I have one:
Pierre Boulle's "Le Saint Énigmatique" ("The Mysterious Saint") from short story collection "Histoires charitables" (1965): An unknown person perceived as a Saint disrupts the life of a Middle Ages leprosarium.
As a filmmaker I really hope to adapt that at some point in the future. It barely needs any changes to the plot: it's a near perfect movie script as is. :)
The problem with this suggestion... (I've thought of it before but never ran with it)... what happens if the author (and many authors don't even have IMDb pages) don't have photos on their respective IMDb pages. You can't add image files to individual pages (as I assume... IMDb wants these people to open up paid IMDb Pro Accounts to allow the benefit of updating their respective image galleries).
You are so right.
There can be no misconception if the author is the choice presented.
Thanks for the thought though. You too rocky-o!
Not an actual nomination just yet. Just pondering with a partial list and still trying to figure out which one to choose.
One of the following being the most wanted from the lot.
Charles Stross' The Atrocity Archives (Laundry Files #1)
Tom Holt's Doughnut (YouSpace #1)
Peter Clines' 14 (Threshold #1)
To a lesser degree.
Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries)
China Mieville's Kraken
Tade Thompson's Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy)
Clive Barker's The Great and Secret Show (he might be the only one with an IMDb photo)
This is somewhat tongue-in-cheek. By no means are these a great books, but they have the potential of being a truly awful films:
The Fall of Colossus (1974) or Colossus and the Crab (1977)
The Fall of Colossus - Five years have passed since the super computer called Colossus used its control over the world's nuclear deterrent to take control of humanity. In our timeline, that would place this story in the 1990s or the early 2000s. All references in the novel, however, place it in the 22nd century, with the 20th and 21st being mentioned in the past. Colossus has been superseded by an even more advanced computer system built on the Isle of Wight, which has abolished war and poverty throughout the world. National competition and most sports have been replaced by the Sea War Game, where replicas of World War I dreadnoughts battle each other for viewing audiences. A group known as the Sect, which worships Colossus as a god, is growing in numbers and influence. Yet despite the seeming omnipresence of Colossus' secret police and the penalty of decapitation for anti-machine activities, a secret Fellowship exists that is dedicated to the computer's destruction. ...
Colossus and the Crab - The novel begins where its predecessor, The Fall of Colossus leaves off, with the supercomputer immobilized and the Martians arriving on Earth. They appear before Charles Forbin and his friend Edward Blake in the form of two black spheres, and quickly demonstrate vast intellect and powers of transformation and telepathy. After immobilizing Blake, they explain to Forbin their purpose in immobilizing Colossus — their desire to take half of the Earth's oxygen, a process that will kill nearly a quarter of the human population. In order to proceed with construction of the "Collector" designed to harvest the oxygen, the Martians reactivate the parts of Colossus necessary to manage human society.
By D.F. Jones the author of Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
By no means are these a great books, but they have the potential of being a truly awful films:Or they could be masterpieces in the right hands!!
Or they could be masterpieces in the right hands!!That is indeed a possibility.
Colossus: The Forbin Project is much better than the book. However, the two sequels are unintentionally funny since the plot lines and execution are so preposterous. I will leave this to your judgement as to whether to include this.
I would recommend combining the two sequels into one film so the film would have a chance of making sense.
I'll look at the two and "Create" a plot based off the synopsis. Or maybe not!! We'll see!
D.F. Jones (Writer, Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970))
If IMDb was not so restrictive about adding Noted Non-Actor photos directly to "NM" Pages....Aargh!
Great Authors' Books That Are Not Movies: Yet!
Thanks for updating the title of your list. I updated the title of this thread accordingly.
Sula by Toni Morrison
Drown by Junot Diaz
The War by Margeurite Duras
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
And may I suggest on very small edit? (no apostrophe after authors in the question; in bold below)
Which one of these books by these authors would you say needs to be made into a movie?
I only have around 4-500 Poll Suggestions.
I guess because I have made so many in the last 14 months you can miss a lot of mine in the cacophony of all of the poll suggestions made here. I'm feeling a little unnoticed by the IMDb editors also. Have been trying to make some timely polls along with my quirky polls, older title polls, TV polls, etc. Also Paok and Dibby seem to have the eye of those editors. It is frustrating. I have the lowest votes per poll for someone with over a hundred live polls. It's embarrassing. If I had had one or two home page polls I'd have better numbers.
Thanks for the compliment on the poll.
Added the first for now. Does the synopsis need a polish job?
Changed it. I usually don't like to label people so I had it color blinded (PC'd).
But the fact that she is African/American is important to the story.
It now reads
This would be a refreshing movie if made. It is a character driven story that takes place in a small town in Ohio, circa 1919-1965. It follows the life of a young African-American girl and the changes that happen to her and her community as almost a half century marches on by.
Junot Diaz (Writer, Washington Heights (2002))
And lastly
The war by Margeurite Duras was adapted already....
Thanks for making the edit recommended by Ruby.
Plus I just finished a bunch of last minute synopsis re-writes too.
Wow, I never knew that Plath's book was made into a movie, although I'm not surprised, and I knew Duras had another book made into a film but didn't know about The War. Sorry about that.
I have the lowest votes per poll for someone with over a hundred live polls. It's embarrassing. If I had had one or two home page polls I'd have betterEd, please remember that most authors with a high number of polls started when we had the IMDb poll message board, when polls generally received a lot more votes than they do now.
Also, it's not all about numbers. Polls should be about having fun, not about getting votes. But if you want your polls to get more visibility, you could make a list of them on your profile as others have done.
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8249th Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/Y51nsV6Sxhs/
This is the 952nd People poll. Such polls have a total of 1,755,636 votes for an average of 1,844 votes per poll.
Total Number of Votes 18,676,722 Projected Date of 20 Million Votes 4-Jan-2021 Days Until 20 Million Votes 301This is the list of Ed_Jones_XLIX's polls as of 6-Oct-2019:
Sorted Alphabetically http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2014/05/imdb-polls-alphabetical-by-author.html#Ed_Jones_XLIX
In Decreasing Order of Votes http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2015/03/imdb-polls-descending-order-of-votes-by.html#Ed_Jones_XLIX
Alphabetical List of Polls http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2014/03/imdb-polls-alphabetical.html
Top IMDb Polls http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2015/07/top-imdb-polls.html
IMDb Polls - Descending Order of Votes http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2013/12/imdb-polls-descending-order-of-votes.html
Summary Statistics http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2016/05/summary-statistics.html
Key Threads - IMDb Poll FAQs Index https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/faq-key-threads-imdb-poll-faqs-index
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Suriya Making His Digital Debut Soon July 15, 2020 08:07
Super talented actor Suriya enjoys solid craze across Telugu and Tamil languages. He is one of the best actors of South Indian cinema. None of his recent movies impressed the audience and the actor has…Read More
Hansika Motwani Breaks Silence on Private Pictures Leak January 30, 2019 13:07
South Indian actress Hansika Motwani was landed in trouble as her private pictures from her late holiday in New York had found their way to the internet. However, the actress, with the help of her…Read More
Soundarya Rajinikanth to Get Married in February: Reports January 24, 2019 12:22
Rajnikanth younger daughter and filmmaker Soundarya Rajnikanth are all set to tie the knot reportedly to actor-businessman Vishgan Vanangamudi on February 11 in Chennai. Soundarya separated from businessman Ashwin in 2014. According to an English…Read More
Nayanthara all set to Play Jayalalithaa on screen? June 21, 2018 12:15
It's raining biopics season all over. With a bunch of biopics in Bollywood, Telugu audience recently witnessed Mahanati which ended up as a massive money spinner and they are eagerly waiting for NTR, the biopic…Read More
Rajinikanth's 2.0 to release in Real IMAX 3D March 28, 2017 11:42
Sensational director Shankar is quite busy with his next project which has been titled 2.0. Rajinikanth and Amy Jackson are the lead actors in the movie and Bollywood Superstar Akshay Kumar is playing the lead…Read More
A Sequel for Singam 3 February 15, 2017 14:38
Veteran actor Suriya scored massive hits with the franchise of Singam and the third instalment of the franchise Singam 3 has been released last week. The movie received decent response from the audience all over…Read More
Rajinikanth's next Movie Exclusive News January 16, 2017 13:23
Superstar Rajinikanth worked with young and aspiring director PA Ranjith for the movie Kabali. Though the film received mixed response, Kabali managed to mint huge money at the box-office. V Creations produced the film and…Read More
Bichagadu Sequel On Cards November 12, 2016 06:54
Tamil actor Vijay Anthony tested his luck with Nakili and Dr Saleem however the films failed to impress the Telugu audience. It was Bichagadu which made him widely popular and gave him the much needed…Read More
Rajinikanth to take a call on Kabali 2 July 27, 2016 10:03
Superstar Rajinikanth has been busy with Kabali which released recently and gave the actor a huge relief. Rajinikanth has been struggling for success and Kabali opened to mixed response but the film minted over Rs…Read More
Kabali Total Pre-Release Business July 20, 2016 07:04
Superstar Rajinikanth has been creating a huge wave with his recent outing titled Kabali which is the most awaited films that will hit the screens this year. PA Ranjith directed the movie and Radhika Apte…Read More
Rajinikanth starer Kabali to be released in Malay language May 23, 2016 10:19
Kabali is Superstar Rajinikanth's upcoming Tamil gangster drama. Kabali is scheduled to hit theaters on 1 July 2016. The movie is being planned to be budded and released in Malay language. According to a…Read More
Kamal Haasan to Team up with Shankar May 16, 2016 11:55
South Indian Superstar Kamal Haasan is one of the most respected actor down South and he essayed many different roles in his career. The actor has been honored with PadmaShri by the government of India…Read More


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Singer Chasanoff at WestConn
Singer-songwriter back at WestConn alma mater
Singer-songwriter Brianne Chasanoff is coming home to roost. On Friday, Oct. 25, the graduate of Western Connecticut State University's music department will return to her alma mater to celebrate the release of her new album, "Breathe."
The CD release party will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the ballroom of the Westside Campus Center on the university's westside campus. Admission is free. "Breathe" is her second CD, and will be available for $15.
Chasanoff graduated Western Connecticut in 2003 with a bachelor's in music education, with a concentration in voice and piano. Though her focus in school was classical music and she's now gone the folk pop route, you can still hear classical influences in her songs.
Her piano parts are memorably moving and her voice soars with the beauty and precision of a classically trained singer. Yet her music is a far cry from chamber music. She sings melodic folk rock reminiscent of celebrated singers such as Sarah McLachlan. Chasanoff's original lyrics are thoughtful and arresting.
While at Western, Chasanoff performed on trumpet in the jazz and brass ensembles in addition to her voice and piano studies. She also took conducting and arranging classes, which sparked her interest in arranging. She's able to expertly channel all these various influences into music that's skillful, entertaining and powerful. She's a young local musician whose live show is not to be missed.
The ballroom of the Westside Campus Center on Western Connecticut's westside campus is at 43 Lake Ave. Ext., Danbury. 203-837-8486, www.wcsu.edu.
More Mozart
The Danbury Music Centre will host an all-Mozart performance of the 75-voice Danbury Concert Chorus and members of the Danbury Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church in Danbury. Christine R. Howlett, music director of the Danbury Concert Chorus, will conduct a performance of the timeless Requiem in d minor by Mozart. Joining the chorus and orchestra will be soloists Amy Goldwin, soprano; Amy Joscelyn, mezzo-soprano; Vincent Festa, tenor; and Michael Hofmann, bass.
St. James Episcopal Church is at 25 West St. Free. 203-748-1716, http://www.danbury.org/MusicCtr.
Community concert
A community concert of cantorial, Yiddish and Broadway music will take place in honor of Jack and Pearl Marcus at the United Jewish Center in Danbury on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 2 p.m.
It will feature cantor Penny Kessler, Rabbi Jon Haddon, cantor Deborah Katchko-Gray and cantor Jon Sobel, with pianist Barbara Ordwick.
A reception to celebrate the Marcuses' birthdays, both Oct. 24, will immediately follow the concert. Tickets for both the concert and reception are $72.
Admission to the concert only is $36 in advance, or $45 at the door.
The United Jewish Center is at 141 Deer Hill Ave. 203-748-3355.
Copenhagen is coming
The Newtown Friends of Music will present the chamber music of Trio Con Brio Copenhagen, which will be joined by Ettore Causa, viola professor at Yale University, in a concert on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 3 p.m. at Edmond Town Hall Theater.
Korean sisters Soo-Jin (violinist) and Soo-Kyung (cellist) Hong, along with Danish pianist Jens Elvekjaer created the Trio Con Brio Copenhagen in Vienna in 1999 and the group has been receiving accolades in the classical music world ever since.
The Edmond Town Hall is at 45 Main St. $25. 203-426-6470, www.newtownfriendsofmusic.org.
Jazz pianist
Jazz pianist Hank Milligan will perform a program called "Songs of the Thirties" on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 3 p.m. The concert is being presented by the Richter Association for the Arts. A favorite with Richter audiences, Milligan is a well-known pianist, teacher and former full-time band master for Princess Cruises. Milligan, who holds a degree in music from Chicago's DePaul School of Music, began to play piano at age 6. Decades later he continues to delight audiences.
The Richter House is at 100 Aunt Hack Road. Admission by free-will donation. 203-744-1527 or 203-798-6319, www.danbury.org/richter.
Time for Tim
Tim Reynolds and his trio, TR3, will perform at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m. With a musical career spanning more than 35 years, guitarist and sonic innovator Reynolds is known for his masterful command of melody and timing with the Dave Matthews Band as well as his uncanny ability to improvise on any instrument he touches, playing everything from rock, jazz and blues to classical and reggae. Opening will be singer and songwriter Adam Jensen.
The Ridgefield Playhouse is at 80 E. Ridge, Ridgefield. $37.50. 203-438-5795, www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org.
Fab Four in Ridgefield
The Fab Four will perform at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m. With an uncanny re-enactment of much of The Beatles' songbook, The Fab Four will become The Beatles in a loving tribute.
Tickets are $60. 203-438-5795, www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org.
It's Allman good
Southern rock legend Gregg Allman will perform at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 8 p.m.
Since 1969, Allman's keyboards and compelling vocals have powered the Allman Brothers Band on such hits as "Midnight Rider" and "Whipping Post." As a founding member of the one and only Allman Brothers Band and throughout his own storied solo career, Allman has been widely recognized as a gifted interpreter of the blues.
His soulful and distinctive voice is among the defining sounds in the history of American music.
Tickets are $92.50. 203-438-5795, www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org.
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Britney Spears will release "The Singles Collection" on November 24 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her recording debut, reps for the star announced on Wednesday.
The release will also include a new Britney track, "3," recorded with longtime producer Max Martin ("…Baby One More Time," "If U Seek Amy"), which is set to hit radio on Tuesday, September 29.
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The 17-track set will come in two editions – a standard version and the massive Ultimate Fan Box Set, which include each of the star's 29 singles in its own slip sleeve case plus a DVD collecting her music videos.
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, fan site BreatheHeavy.com reported the name of the collection and single on Sunday, calling the new track "3 Love."
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The set is the pop princess' third compilation, following 2004's "Greatest Hits: My Prerogative" and 2005's "B In The Mix: The Remixes."
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So, welcome to the June discussion of the VTSG! If you're new here, please check also the The Lord of the Rings OOC thread for the timetable and other practical matters.
And, what would be a better way to celebrate the makeover than to start discussing Book 2 of the LOTR.
Chapter 1: Many Meetings
Frodo awakes in Rivendell, and finds Gandalf sitting next to his bed. The wizard tells him that he has been unconscious for four days, and that his survival had been a matter of hours. His companions are safe and sound. And, to Frodo's amazement, Gandalf reveals that he himself had been held captive.
Gandalf also tells that Aragorn is not just any man, but a descendant of an ancient folk of great kings that came over the sea long ago. Frodo learns more about the nature of the Ringwraiths, and finally, the wizard tells him what had happened at the Ford.
Later on that day, after a good rest, Frodo feels strong enough to get up and meet his companions again. And, in the evening, there's a feast where Frodo for the first time sees Elrond, the lord of the house, and his daughter Arwen; his sons, Elladan and Elrohir, get also mentioned. And, next to Frodo at the table sits Glóin, one of the dwarves from Thorin Oakenshield's company who had been on the quest of Erebor with Bilbo. Finally, after the feast at a social evening in the Hall of Fire, Frodo meets someone he has truly missed: Bilbo, who has settled in Rivendell after travelling to Dale to meet his dwarf friends.
When Bilbo asks to see the Ring once more and puts out his hand to touch it, Frodo feels something strange; it's like a shadow had fallen between them, and the Ring makes him see the old hobbit as something he is not.
It appears that Bilbo knows Aragorn as well, although the nickname "Strider" is new to him. The old hobbit has been writing a song, with which he wishes the man to help him a little, and the two withdraw to a corner to finish it. Frodo dozes for a while listening to the elvish music, but wakes up when Bilbo begins his song about Eärendil. The hobbits go to Bilbo's room to have a good chat together, but before they leave the hall, Frodo catches a sight of Aragorn speaking with the Lady Arwen.


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The Super Bowl is the perfect mixture of sports and pop culture. Sure, on the surface it pits the best team from the AFC against the best team from the AFC to decide who was the best football team of a certain year — but it's more than that. It's about commercials, halftime shows, pre-game shows, pre-pre-game shows, parties, food and beer.
One game is left in the 2011-2012 season (unless you count the Pro Bowl, which I never have. Seriously, on Sunday I'm looking forward to the Miami Heat vs. Chicago Bulls NBA tilt and the WWE Royal Rumble more than I am the Pro Bowl — and that happens every year).
You know what that game is called, I know what that game is called, and even your grandmother — who probably never watches football — knows what that game is called.
The Super Bowl is the perfect mixture of sports and pop culture. Sure, on the surface it pits the best team from the AFC against the best team from the AFC to decide who was the best football team of a certain year — but it's more than that. It's about commercials, halftime shows, pre-game shows, pre-pre-game shows, parties, food and beer.
But there's one city in the country where the Super Bowl means more than all of that, and no, I'm not talking about one of the cities with a team participating in the game — I'm talking about the city hosting the event.
Unlike the other three main American professional sports leagues, the Super Bowl is held on a neutral site that's determined years prior to when the game is going to be played. In fact, we already know where the 2013, 2014, and 2015 Super Bowls will be held (New Orleans, the Meadowlands, Glendale, Ariz.).
As someone who lives in Miami (in my lifetime — which started in 1983 — it has hosted five Super Bowls), I can tell you how big of a deal it is to the community.
It means tourists coming from all over the country (not just the two Super Bowl cities) eating in your restaurants, staying at your hotels, going to your nightclubs, drinking at your bars and buying lap dances from your girlfriends (well at least at times they make you feel like they're your girlfriends yet they never answer your phone calls).
It means a national spotlight on your city, for better or for worse.
The Super Bowl means money, and one week a year when your town is the center of the sports world. The teams usually get in on Monday, with the national and international press (and fame-monger Ines Sainz) showing up either the day before or staggering in throughout the week.
Then comes media day on Tuesday, followed by incessant coverage of events that normally you wouldn't care about, but are covered by reporters simply to make it seem to their bosses that they're actually working on Super Bowl week —so that bosses don't wise up and decide to not fly them in until Friday night.
The media will make stories out of anything, and that includes your town. If the weather is nice and the food is good, expect rave reviews. If the weather is crappy, expect to be heavily criticized.
And that's where this slideshow with the obscenely long intro and jokes about strippers comes in. Even though there are 31 metropolitan areas home to NFL franchises (I'm counting Oakland/San Francisco as one since it is the "Bay Area"), only 13 of them have thus far been home to Super Bowls, with that number only climbing to 15 by 2015.
I'm going to rank those 13 communities based on the weather, the site (some places like Los Angeles, Miami and New Orleans have more than one site) and other factors that the cities had going either for or against them when holding the Super Bowl.
Now, I must admit, of these places I've only lived in one of them and personally been to three of them, so I will be studying up on some of the other attractions, restaurants and reviews of those places.
Click here to see a slideshow of the cities that have hosted the Super Bowl.


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President Obama praised lawmakers and Vice President Joe Biden after the House of Representatives voted to pass a Senate measure to avert the most serious impacts of the so-called fiscal cliff.
Updated at 12:32 a.m. ET: An agreement to stave off the harshest and most immediate consequences of the fiscal cliff won approval in the House late Tuesday. President Barack Obama signed the law on Wednesday night, the battle over which foreshadowed more fights with Congress over spending.
Following a day of hectic wrangling on Capitol Hill — where the prospects for passing the bipartisan, Senate legislation regarding the fiscal cliff hung in the balance for much of New Year's Day — the House voted 257 to 167 to pass the belated compromise measure over the objections of many conservative Republicans.
The legislation takes steps toward resolving the combination of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts that took effect at midnight on Jan. 1. It preserves tax rates as they were at the end of 2012, except for those individuals earning more than $400,000 and households earning over $450,000. It also allows taxes on capital gains and dividends to go up, and extends benefits of the unemployed. Additionally, the Senate bill delays the onset of the "sequester" — the swift, automatic spending cuts — for two months.
Fiscal cliff compromise leaves few satisfied
"Thanks to the votes of Democrats and Republicans in Congress I will sign a law that raises the taxes on the wealthiest of Americans," Obama said in remarks at the White House Tuesday, "while preventing a middle-class tax hike."
The House vote laid bare some of the internal ideological divisions to plague the GOP over the past two years. More Republican congressmen (151) voted against the Senate bill than for it (85), meaning that Democrats' support was needed to advance the final deal. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, took the rare step of casting a vote, and did so in favor of the legislation. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the former Republican vice presidential nominee, also supported the package. But Boehner's top two lieutenants, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., each opposed the deal.
The House voted Monday to approve the Senate's fiscal cliff bill by a vote of 257-167. Richard Lui, Luke Russert and Mike Viqueira report on MSNBC.
"Now the focus turns to spending," Boehner said in a statement following the House vote. "The American people re-elected a Republican majority in the House, and we will use it in 2013 to hold the president accountable for the 'balanced' approach he promised, meaning significant spending cuts and reforms to the entitlement programs that are driving our country deeper and deeper into debt."
While the last-minute action on Capitol Hill essentially mitigates much of the risk posed to the U.S. economic recovery by the fiscal cliff, it hardly brings resolution to the bitter and often intractable fight in Washington over taxes and spending. The first half of 2013 will feature battles in Congress over raising the debt limit, continuing basic government funding and the expiration of this two-month delay in the sequester.
Bipartisan outrage after House skips vote on $60 billion Sandy aid bill
Obama nodded to those looming fights in his remarks Tuesday evening, renewing his call for "balance" in any solution in the coming year to address deficits and debts. But the president also sternly warned Congress against using the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip, as Republicans had in summer of 2011.
"While I'll negotiate over many things, I will not have another debate with this Congress over whether to pay the bills they have racked up," Obama said.
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The fiscal cliff itself was the product of discord in Congress resolving those very issues. And the difficulty in attaining even this less ambitious piece of legislation — versus the kind of "grand bargain" Obama had first sought in talks with Republicans — offered a cautionary tale for the 113th Congress, in which the House and the Senate remain controlled by the same parties as during the past two years.
And even for much of Tuesday, House approval of the fiscal legislation — which was negotiated by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Vice President Joe Biden — was far from certain. GOP leaders were forced to cajole conservatives who complained the fallback deal contained insufficient spending cuts. Only after it became clear that Republicans wouldn't have the votes to amend the Senate proposal — which the upper chamber said it wouldn't even consider — did House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, bring the bill to the floor.
The squabbling was familiar to any observers of Congress during the past two years. This divide almost resulted in a government shutdown and a default on the national debt in 2011. It again threatened Tuesday to allow the painful, across-the-board tax hikes and spending cuts to play out just as the U.S. economic recovery showed signs of accelerating.
PhotoBlog: See images of Congress working overtime to avoid fiscal cliff
And this deal just approved by Congress in the waning hours of 2013's first day all but ensures that much of the coming year will be dominated by similar battles in Washington. Republicans are hopeful they might be able to extract more spending cuts and entitlement reforms with the government up against other deadlines, like the one needed this spring to authorize more government borrowing.
That could complicate Obama's already-ambitious second term agenda. The president said just this past Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he will seek comprehensive immigration reform legislation and new laws to address gun violence.


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Tucson, AZ —Who's thirsty? World of Beer (WOB) Tucson is brewing up some fun in downtown Tucson with a grand opening celebration planned for Thursday, October 31. Doors open at 9 a.m. when all are invited to join the WOB family for a Chicken and Belgian waffle breakfast. There will be a ton of beer giveaways and costume contests throughout the day.
Offering more than 500 craft brews from around the world, craft spirits and tavern fare, Arizona's second WOB location has found a cozy home at The Cadence, 350 E. Congress Street, Tucson, AZ.
In addition to the grand opening party, WOB Tucson has a full weekend of events planned featuring local beer, football, cookouts and live entertainment. To check out all of the opening events at WOB Tucson visit https://www.facebook.com/
WOB Tucson will boast over 500 bottles of beer and 50 rotating taps. A 1,500 sq ft patio compliments the 3,000 sq ft tavern, which is open from 11am — 2 am daily, with Tavern Fare served all day long. WOB Tucson will also be open from 9 am — 2 am on Saturdays and Sundays during football season. This location is proud to partner with all local Arizona breweries.
"We are very excited to become a part of the growing craft beer scene in the Tucson community," said JP Watts, WOB Arizona Craft Beer Buyer. "We really look forward to bringing new and rare products into the local market!"
Watts was a pioneer in bringing 'WOB Culture' to Arizona with his involvement in opening WOB Tempe in 2012. Originally from the southeast where World of Beer originated, Watts grew to be very interested in the growing passion for craft beer. He now looks forward to the opening in Tucson with the full appeal of craft brews and Tavern Fare. The Tavern Fare menu is available from open to close and pairs wonderfully with the craft beer; it features flatbreads, brats and craft beer-infused appetizers. Healthier options such as soups and salads are complemented by hearty favorites like brat sliders and grilled cheese sandwiches.
The handcrafted cocktails include fun creations like the Hoti Mojito, MargarIPA and Gin N Jam. Each drink is unique to World of Beer and showcases the WOB culture by including craft beer in the cocktails themselves. In keeping with their founding philosophy, World of Beer is partnering with local distilleries to supply the handcrafted spirits to WOB Tucson.
"We are glad to open WOB Tucson with the great selection of craft beer that we are known for as well as our exclusively developed Tavern Fare and hand crafted cocktails," said World of Beer CEO Paul Avery. "We look forward to bringing new flavors to Tucson and can't wait to share it with everyone."
Happy Hour is held Monday through Friday from 4pm to 7pm. Monday is Service Industry Night and Tuesday is Loyalty Night. On Wednesday, enjoy WOB U, with special offers for students and faculty with valid ID. Thursday is Ladies Night and on one Sunday each month, WOB Tucson will host a Customer Appreciation Cookout. In addition to the weekly events, World of Beer hosts monthly brewery nights and spotlights, tap takeovers and beer-centric events celebrating the flavors of the season.
About World of Beer
The first World of Beer location opened in Tampa, Florida in 2007. Since then, the phenomenon of the "WOB Culture" has swept the nation with dozens of locally owned locations opening up in states across the country. In 2012, the first Arizona location opened its doors on Mill Ave in Tempe. Since opening, World of Beer Tempe has offered more than 1,500 different beers to its loyal patrons and growing fan base. The craft beer community and local college crowd have helped to make World of Beer Tempe a success and now craft beer lovers in Arizona are looking forward to welcoming two new locations in Tucson and Gilbert in late 2013.
World of Beer Tucson offers more than 500 different beers and over 50 taps, beer-centric events, tavern fair, live music and good times. World of Beer Tucson is located at 350 E Congress Street, Suite A, Tucson, AZ 85701 and will be open daily, noon — 2 a.m. "Like" World of Beer Tucson on Facebook at www.facebook.com/wobtucsonaz for more information on special events, rare tappings and promotions. For more information about World of Beer and to find a location near you, visit www.wobusa.com.
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